Tuesday, September 1, 2009

First Day of... Something

Urban Dad Returns to Great Big Urban High School tomorrow morning. No more looking at the clock three times before finally deciding that 8:30a is plenty late, and we should get moving. No more curling up to him before he gets up. No more of seeing the hot guy at the gym splayed across an exercise ball getting a thorough core stretch and thinking, "well thank YOU" only to realize, "hey wait, he's MINE!" The road trip for the year is over. The bigger projects are done. It's time to give him back to his students.

Crap.

The Urban Kids & I will call tomorrow our first day of school. Well, sort of. Urban Kid 1 & I started dabbling through history a few weeks ago -- nothing formal, just sort of figuring out the routine -- and are in Ancient Egypt right now. The Chicago Field Museum has a permanent exhibit called Inside Ancient Egypt. Real mummies, a mock village set up, a free tour at 1p. Oh, and tomorrow is a free day! So I figure that rationalizes driving and paying for parking (Urban Kid 2 can still be a bit of a wild card; when it's time to leave, it's time to leave.)

Spanish & Piano classes also start this week.

Sigh.

But I've nothing to complain about. It really has been a wonderful summer!

Urban Mom

About Me

Living on the north side of Chicago, somewhere between Wrigley Field and the Lake. Married to Urban Dad, an amazing English teacher at Great Big Urban High School and mom to two Urban Kids that we've opted to homeschool. Urban Kid 1 is 7 1/2 years old. Urban Kid 2 is 4 years old.
The biggest rule of this blog is that I don't use our real names or recognizable pictures of us. I'm a bit paranoid that way. But in return, you get to hear the thoughts that are banging around in my head. I know... you'd rather see the cute pictures of the kids...